Governments promoted import substitution industrialization (ISI) by protecting new domestic industries from foreign imports and encouraging the import of capital and technology. They often used tariffs, exchange controls, exchange-rate manipulation, and import licenses for products needed in manufacturing. Government investment also supported intermediate and capital-goods sectors. Domestic private businesses made import substitutes, while transnational corporations supplied high-tech goods that could not yet be produced locally.
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